Hong Kong – Results of the matches and tournament participated

Under 15 ACC Trophy 2002 – United Arab Emirates, 7 – 22 December 2002
The Hong Kong Under 15 team will travel to the United Arab Emirates in December 2002 to participate in the Under 15 ACC Trophy 2002.

The event is organised by the Emirates Cricket Board under the auspices of the Asian Cricket Council. The following 14 countries will contest the tournament.
Test Nations
Group A
Group B

India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
UAE
Hong Kong
Oman
Thailand
Maldives
Nepal
Malaysia
Singapore
Kuwait
Qatar
Teams will participate in games played in Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The initial round robin matches will consist of the 10 non-Test playing countries divided into 2 groups of 5 and will play from 7th to 13th December 2002. The top 2 teams from each group will then progress to the “Super League” and join India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a round robin format from 15th to 22nd December 2002.

Notes – Hong Kong ‘A’ are playing in place of Thailand. Matches against Hong Kong ‘A’ are unofficial and do not carry any championship points. Hong Kong ‘A’ cannot play in the final.
Under 15 Tuanku Ja’afar Cup 2002 – Kuala Lumpur, 31 October – 3rd November 2002
The Hong Kong team travelled to Kuala Lumpur at the end of October 2002 to compete against teams from Singapore, Thailand and hosts Malaysia in the Under 15 South East Asian Championships – also known as the Tuanku Ja’afar Cup.

Hong Kong vs. Singapore – Match was reduced to 36 overs per side due to rain. Singapore’s targetreduced by 10 runs due to slow over-rate. Sensational collapse by Singapore leaves Hong Kong victors by 6 runs.

Hong Kong vs. Thailand – Match was reduced to 48 overs per side due to wet outfield caused by overnight rain.

Hong Kong vs. Malaysia – Malaysia were awarded the victory in controversial circumstances after it was initially thought the match had ended in a tie. During a recheck of the scores, it was discovered that a leg bye scored in one of the latter overs had not been added to the Malaysians’ total score. Therefore it was deemed that the winning run was scored by the Malaysians in the 49th over and that the final over (though bowled and a wicket taken by Hong Kong without additional runs being scored) was considered irrelevant. A protest by the Hong Kong team over the result was dismissed by the match referee.

ACC programs that has been participated by the respective members
a. ACC Trophy 2002 Singapore
b. ACC U15 Asia Cup 2002, Sharjah
c. Bob Woolmer Coaching Course for National Coaches, Lahore
d. Seminar on Sports Medicines & fitness, Bangalore
e. ACC level 1 Coaching Course, Singapore
Any other matters of interest
Hong Kong Cricket Sixes
The cricketing world was introduced to the excitement of ‘Sixes’ when the first Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament debuted in 1992. The inaurgural event, which was won by Pakistan, was staged at the Kowloon Cricket Club, which hosted the tournament until 1996 when it moved to the Hong Kong International Stadium. The combination of the ‘Asia Crisis’ and the loss of sponsorship resulted in the event being cancelled in 1998. Concerted efforts to resurrect the tournament eventually lead to its successful return to the Kowloon Cricket Club in 2001.